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Mike Carpenter tries to make sense of the last 48 hours from both a sports and real life perspective. The abrupt end to a memorable Illini basketball season stings, and now we settle in for an extended period of uncertainty.
The Illini exact their revenge on the Iowa Hawkeyes with a thrilling regular season finale in Champaign. Mike Carpenter reflects on the season as a whole, and how the "most consequential year" he discussed with Breitwieser back in August became a most "satisfying" one for Illinois basketball fans.
Bummer. Illinois lets a 9-point second half lead evaporate en route to an 8 point loss at Ohio State. Mike Carpenter fumes about the Wesson Brothers, while Trevor Vallese and Isaac Ambrose look on in horror as EJ Liddell has his best game at Ohio State. If you need some catharsis after that disappointing result, here you go.
Not that they hadn't already . . . but the Illini truly punched their NCAA tournament ticket with a thrilling 67-66 win against Indiana. Mike Carpenter, Trevor Vallese and Hans Dee react during the entire game, which finished with a clutch steal from Andres Feliz and daggers from Ayo Dosunmu.
What else could we call this episode? Mike Carpenter and Trevor Vallese react to Illinois' win in Evanston, keyed by a breakout performance from Alan Griffin and standout games from Ayo Dosunmu and Kofi Cockburn. The Illini have basically punched their NCAA ticket, and set up a fun Sunday afternoon game against Indiana.
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